Buck Martinez

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: November 7, 1948 in Redding, CA us

High School: Elk Grove HS (Elk Grove, CA)

Schools: California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento, CA), Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: June 18, 1969 (Age 20-223d, 12,847th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1986 (Age 37-330d)
vs. MIL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: John Albert Martinez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

2743

618

.225

245

RBI

321

OBP

.284

SLG

.343

OPS

.627

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-12 / in Starts: 11-11
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	13 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 85 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	56 (27-21-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 85 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (25-17-9)

Most Driven In
A Otis	1
F Patek	1
A Cowens	1
J Zdeb	1
T Poquette	1
P LaCock	1
C Rojas	1
J Mayberry	1

Most Driven In By
Self	1
F Patek	1
H McRae	1
F White	0

1977 Batting Game Log

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1977 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	333	1	Apr 7	KCR	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	.91	0.013	1.09	0.01%	-0.38	C
2	334	4 (2)	Apr 11	KCR		NYY	W,5-4	7-GF(13)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	7	2.61	-0.199	3.80	-0.17%	-1.06	PH C
3	335	6 (1)	Apr 15	KCR		DET	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	5						C
4	336	8 (1)	Apr 17	KCR		DET	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	7	.86	0.147	1.00	0.10%	1.44	C
5	337	12 (3)	Apr 22	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	6						C
6	338	15 (2)	Apr 24 (2)	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500	7	.81	-0.061	1.33	-0.06%	-0.56	C
7	339	19 (3)	Apr 30	KCR		TOR	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.294	.529	8	1.45	0.001	2.24	0.00%	-0.13	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	340	24 (4)	May 5	KCR		CHW	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.286	.524	8	1.42	0.075	2.49	0.08%	0.24	C
9	341	37 (12)	May 21	KCR		CLE	L,7-12	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.217	.261	.478	8	.63	-0.032	.48	-0.02%	-0.41	C
10	342	39 (1)	May 25 (1)	KCR	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.296	.519	9	.46	-0.027	.33	-0.01%	-0.68	C
11	343	42 (2)	May 28	KCR	@	BOS	L,12-17	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.219	.281	.500	7	1.20	-0.112	.75	-0.04%	-0.69	C
12	344	44 (1)	May 30	KCR	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.306	.528	8	1.37	0.041	.84	0.02%	0.10	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	345	46 (1)	Jun 3	KCR		BAL	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231	.231	.308	.538	8	1.00	-0.099	.77	-0.05%	-0.77	C
14	346	48 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	KCR		BAL	W,14-13	CG(10)	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.256	.381	.637	9	1.26	0.035	.63	0.01%	0.60	C
15	347	56 (7)	Jun 12	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.244	.364	.608	9	.54	-0.027	.55	-0.02%	-0.27	C
16	348	62 (5)	Jun 19	KCR		MIN	W,8-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.244	.364	.608	6						C
17	349	69 (6)	Jun 26 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.245	.354	.599	9	.90	-0.080	1.21	-0.07%	-0.56	C
18	350	72 (2)	Jun 28	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.235	.250	.373	.623	7	1.46	-0.056	2.43	-0.06%	-0.59	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	351	80 (7)	Jul 8	KCR		OAK	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.268	.382	.650	7	.62	0.021	1.08	0.02%	0.25	C
20	352	94 (13)	Jul 27	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.263	.375	.638	2	4.39	-0.113	7.93	-0.12%	-0.45	PH
21	353	96 (1)	Jul 29	KCR	@	CHW	L,8-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.246	.350	.596	7	1.01	-0.157	3.79	-0.36%	-2.22	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	354	104 (7)	Aug 5	KCR		CHW	W,12-2	7-GF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.258	.350	.608	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.09	C
23	355	106 (1)	Aug 7	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.246	.333	.579	7	.76	-0.047	2.56	-0.10%	-0.56	C
24	356	113 (6)	Aug 14	KCR	@	TOR	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.235	.318	.553	7	1.45	-0.114	3.73	-0.18%	-0.78	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	357	136 (22)	Sep 6	KCR	@	SEA	W,10-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.232	.313	.545	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
26	358	152 (15)	Sep 24	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.260	.329	.589	6	1.05	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.14	C
27	359	156 (3)	Sep 27 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.263	.329	.592	8	.73	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.21	C
28	360	159 (2)	Sep 29	KCR		CAL	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.263	.325	.587	7	.47	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
29	361	161 (1)	Oct 1	KCR		CAL	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.253	.313	.566	7	.74	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.59	C
							17-12		85	80	3	18	4	0	1	9	3	0	12	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	.225	.253	.313	.566		1.04	-0.864	1.36	-1.00%	-8.68

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